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well the taliban certainly is. to itself and certainly has killed a lot of afghans also done a lot of harm but remember the taliban is somewhere around fifteen to eighteen thousand strong in southern and eastern afghanistan so not a major part of the population but it's more of the mindset of trying to control things so basically as the taliban comes into the peace process comes into the afghan government the taliban will begin to reconcile itself with the population and become more congenial simply because it has to if it wants to be taken seriously by the population we've seen this across the world it is a reign corporation study shows. violent groups are brought to peace significantly as they're brought into the peace process so it's not uncommon and it's confusing but it's it will happen ok well there are a lot of ifs and there are a lot of contingencies in the meantime you know we don't know exactly how it's going to play out and you have an afghan army that is less equipped than u.s. forces they have a fracti
well the taliban certainly is. to itself and certainly has killed a lot of afghans also done a lot of harm but remember the taliban is somewhere around fifteen to eighteen thousand strong in southern and eastern afghanistan so not a major part of the population but it's more of the mindset of trying to control things so basically as the taliban comes into the peace process comes into the afghan government the taliban will begin to reconcile itself with the population and become more congenial...
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with these timetables it's actually really giving encouragement to the taliban to fight even more it's sending the wrong message could be could be right but i think they're determined anyway and i've not recently all made a year ago i called my local u.s. commanders on the ground so low that clarke and me are just a little bit curious were all including general well officers it meaning the air here war is lost it cannot be won and our center mysel in this is a fair america wages war not just the windham but the wages them because the profits are so great the war profiteers one of these wars waged so here and war is the longest the us is three years from now we need the air i mean by far the longest in u.s. history because we knew the money to be made a ten million dollars ten billion dollars we know or don't read every book besides the regular theater appropriations bill e.s.p.n. or you were rationed this is money the honor and all the way to profiteers bill ok stephen thanks very much indeed who knows in ten years' time you and i may still be talking about this thank you very much and
with these timetables it's actually really giving encouragement to the taliban to fight even more it's sending the wrong message could be could be right but i think they're determined anyway and i've not recently all made a year ago i called my local u.s. commanders on the ground so low that clarke and me are just a little bit curious were all including general well officers it meaning the air here war is lost it cannot be won and our center mysel in this is a fair america wages war not just...
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staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the taliban but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the us and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary at least to give an afghan face to the nato occupation that itself is now crumbling these armed attacks these assassination attempts are designed to create panic and i think in all likelihood they are creating panic within the very heart the foundation of the karzai government the u.s. is losing ground steadily at spending one hundred twenty billion dollars a year that's an increasing amount from a treasury that's already drained based on huge budget deficits here the number of casualties on the afghan and american side is is increasing not decreasing and yet they're no closer to victory in fact they're losing con
staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the taliban but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the us and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary at least to...
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the world community to interfere in eternal affairs of this for country first to put an end to the taliban rule to set up an interim administration and hold free elections. these tasks were supposed to be in six or twelve months but this september we'll see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer than world war two the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved it's become even worse and even senior officials like general petraeus for example the military operation in afghanistan says that the number of armed clashes there increases year after year in fact the number of armed clashes over the past ten years has increased more than a hundred times so have the assigned tasks been achieved we see that security in afghanistan has only got worse because it said that drug production cannot be fought because it damages the security situation in the country so it's a kind of closed circle in this respect it would be worthwhile to know a nato operation in helmand province which produced. the most opium poppies the operation was called mashed iraq which translated from persian means to
the world community to interfere in eternal affairs of this for country first to put an end to the taliban rule to set up an interim administration and hold free elections. these tasks were supposed to be in six or twelve months but this september we'll see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer than world war two the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved it's become even worse and even senior officials like general petraeus for example the military operation in afghanistan...
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culture is that so much is priced on a show that you go into for nothing less there's going to taliban bad guys the color of terrorism as norway comes to terms with its most horrific attack on its soil since the second world war a plethora of questions to. the world. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around the world. we've got the future of coverage. in india oh geez available the move to the joint below to the home of the that's the gateway hotel the grand imperial truly to tell us that. you can a letter to. see don't need to go and. read this in the kindle was toto as a retreat. deadly aftershock suicide rates in japan soars survivors struggle to come to terms with a devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands and this is the un's atomic watchdog says radiation at the stricken fukushima nuclear plant could be contained within months. in the u.s. president obama threatening to veto a rival republican plan to fund a debt ceiling increase an agreement has to be reached within the week to avoid the u.s. defaulting on its loans. tensions rise in kosovo a
culture is that so much is priced on a show that you go into for nothing less there's going to taliban bad guys the color of terrorism as norway comes to terms with its most horrific attack on its soil since the second world war a plethora of questions to. the world. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around the world. we've got the future of coverage. in india oh geez available the move to the joint below to the home of the that's the gateway hotel the grand imperial truly...
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taliban because they are against war but. when i went to pakistan i went to that to their school of jamal to me they have each year i guess between thirty and forty solvent.
taliban because they are against war but. when i went to pakistan i went to that to their school of jamal to me they have each year i guess between thirty and forty solvent.
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there's taliban bad guys. or is it as norway comes to terms with its most horrific attack on its soil since the second world war a cluster of questions to me. max kaiser. this is the kaiser report are you psychotic. well statistically one of you or i should be psychotic if you look at this first headline lax and unprecedented one in sixty six americans is a diagnosed psychotic outselling even common drugs to treat high blood pressure and acid reflux anti-psychotic medications are the single top selling prescription drug and the united states and they have quite nice names like zyprexa sarah quel abilify. this is part of the campaign to breed more goldman sachs bankers because means that you lack empathy and you need to be completely devoid of empathy to do your job effectively at goldman asset stripping corporate.
there's taliban bad guys. or is it as norway comes to terms with its most horrific attack on its soil since the second world war a cluster of questions to me. max kaiser. this is the kaiser report are you psychotic. well statistically one of you or i should be psychotic if you look at this first headline lax and unprecedented one in sixty six americans is a diagnosed psychotic outselling even common drugs to treat high blood pressure and acid reflux anti-psychotic medications are the single top...
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afghan refugees returning from pakistan through the volatile border area roadside bombs planted by taliban the militants were commonly used in the country elsewhere in afghanistan the local council member was killed by two gunman who opened fire from a to buy. stuff for between bahrain sunni led government on the shale position following months of anti-government protests that claimed the lives community in bahrain claims that longstanding discrimination against the majority group thousands of people participated in nationwide demonstrations demanding fair political representation. all short of their goals wife maria shriver has filed for divorce after twenty five years of marriage the kennedy era cited irreconcilable differences and ask for custody of their two children it was revealed in may that's false and a guy had a child out of wedlock over ten years ago he was elected governor of california in two thousand and three and left his post in january to resume his acting career. now the star studded international film festival in moscow is heading for a few should be a dramatic climax th
afghan refugees returning from pakistan through the volatile border area roadside bombs planted by taliban the militants were commonly used in the country elsewhere in afghanistan the local council member was killed by two gunman who opened fire from a to buy. stuff for between bahrain sunni led government on the shale position following months of anti-government protests that claimed the lives community in bahrain claims that longstanding discrimination against the majority group thousands of...
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so hell bent on following the taliban's meanwhile both medicare and medicaid remain on life support as lawmakers discuss massive cuts to the entitlement programs and the growing wealth inequality do more harm than good to the economy. the republican war on women has reached an all time frenzy high in the past few months a good backer institute study released this week shows the states have an active one hundred sixty two new provisions related to reproductive health and women's rights in just the first six months of two thousand and eleven and a sharp increase in last year forty nine percent of these new laws seek to restrict access to abortion services and twenty six percent of the new laws restricting abortion as this chart that was included in the report shows eighty abortion restrictions on acts of this year are more than double the previous record of thirty four abortion restrictions and acted in two thousand and five and more than triple the twenty three an act in two thousand and ten and here's the zinger all all of these new provisions were enacted in just nineteen states where
so hell bent on following the taliban's meanwhile both medicare and medicaid remain on life support as lawmakers discuss massive cuts to the entitlement programs and the growing wealth inequality do more harm than good to the economy. the republican war on women has reached an all time frenzy high in the past few months a good backer institute study released this week shows the states have an active one hundred sixty two new provisions related to reproductive health and women's rights in just...
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of the corruption and narcotics trafficking that is going on in afghanistan remember that under the taliban the narcotics trafficking was ten percent of what it is today so this is more like a mafia hit then it's a little bit and then that's that's a nation of a supported public figure you have a disses this is personal the pashtun want karzai and his family out ok so what does obama does the second letter what does obama want out of pakistan just now threatening to withdraw up to the eight hundred million dollars in military aid what's he trying to get out of them but i'm not sure he's the one who's driving it as much as it is probably of secretary of state clinton. who they are hoping that they can intimidate the pakistani government to cooperate more closely with us against elements inside their own country and afghanistan it's absurd pakistan has no interest in doing that most of the people that we're fighting by the way are have nothing to do with al qaeda but they are loyal to pakistan and they are seen as a strategic age against india which is the real enemy for pakistan the indians
of the corruption and narcotics trafficking that is going on in afghanistan remember that under the taliban the narcotics trafficking was ten percent of what it is today so this is more like a mafia hit then it's a little bit and then that's that's a nation of a supported public figure you have a disses this is personal the pashtun want karzai and his family out ok so what does obama does the second letter what does obama want out of pakistan just now threatening to withdraw up to the eight...
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higher wages and extra perks the soldiers insist they are all united in their desire to be back the taliban led insurgency regardless of age or ethnicity then any on what we are old brothers and we are all called by one name was by the call of duty has also struck a chord beyond able bodied males a first ever class of women soldiers has just graduated. and there's even a mujahideen unit made up of hardened veterans of the anti soviet you hide this is all good news to u.s. military planners who have set a two thousand and fourteen going to hand over security responsibilities to the afghans the afghan army enjoys a much better reputation in the police force and has even been featured in a recent movie. but is the army takes greater responsibility for security around the country there are concerns that the quality of troops may be coming at the expense of quality for starters more than eighty percent of troops are illiterate a big problem an ability to read maps and numbers can spell the difference between life and death adding to the woes are widespread drug use and desertions today roughly o
higher wages and extra perks the soldiers insist they are all united in their desire to be back the taliban led insurgency regardless of age or ethnicity then any on what we are old brothers and we are all called by one name was by the call of duty has also struck a chord beyond able bodied males a first ever class of women soldiers has just graduated. and there's even a mujahideen unit made up of hardened veterans of the anti soviet you hide this is all good news to u.s. military planners who...
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forces sixteen insurgents have been killed in the country's south the raid comes in response to renewed taliban activity as nato starts a gradual withdrawal from afghanistan the plan is to recall all foreign combat troops by the end of two thousand and fourteen and nato's new military commander in the country general john allen warns of tough times ahead for the war effort earlier this month the afghan president's half brother was assassinated by one of his own guards in a separate incident one of how many cars top advisers was also gunned down u.s. anti-war activist brian becker thinks the coalition may be losing ground in afghanistan or the number of casualties continues to rise. they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the telegram but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the u.s. and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai
forces sixteen insurgents have been killed in the country's south the raid comes in response to renewed taliban activity as nato starts a gradual withdrawal from afghanistan the plan is to recall all foreign combat troops by the end of two thousand and fourteen and nato's new military commander in the country general john allen warns of tough times ahead for the war effort earlier this month the afghan president's half brother was assassinated by one of his own guards in a separate incident one...
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but also he's going to reason says the right time defense secretary actually helped to nurture the taliban in the first place. for our generation of the cold warriors on the both sides in the united states and russian federation it is robert gates. how the galling secretary of defense who personalizes the cold war at its peak robert gates was anything but controversial and he has garnered full respect all across the board during his valedictory exit tour from havana stand all across europe and back to the united states robert gates displayed unbelievable specter of sincerity and candor providing he's honest and unvarnished assessment of the united states strategic of all the reach all across the globe and somehow i have a hunch that in his upcoming memoirs robert gates will explain his one unfinished dream that is to finish the job keith initiated in his previous bassy as the cia chief when he opened up at the pound or a box of extremism in pakistan and in afghanistan only to be called back to duty almost thirty years later to eradicate the evidence which he's so carefully rared and groome
but also he's going to reason says the right time defense secretary actually helped to nurture the taliban in the first place. for our generation of the cold warriors on the both sides in the united states and russian federation it is robert gates. how the galling secretary of defense who personalizes the cold war at its peak robert gates was anything but controversial and he has garnered full respect all across the board during his valedictory exit tour from havana stand all across europe and...
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worse it is almost certain that whatever settlement eventually comes in afghanistan it will involve the taliban in some capacity nearly everybody now recognizes this so what is the point of continuing this war the point of continuing this war is because the americans and the british and their allies cannot admit defeat in the second country after what happened in iraq that is why they're there they in order to prop up a government that they have no real confidence in they are in order to save their own faces they are there to protect their interests they're not there to protect the ordinary afghans and we've seen this again this week syria's government has approved a law to allow the formation of political parties other than president assad the ruling baath party opposition movements were banned when it came to power in one nine hundred sixty three it's part of a series of reforms promised by assad to try quelling months of protests against his regime political theorist benjamin barber says this change in legislature is nothing more than a sort of charade. it is not anything but formal and tech
worse it is almost certain that whatever settlement eventually comes in afghanistan it will involve the taliban in some capacity nearly everybody now recognizes this so what is the point of continuing this war the point of continuing this war is because the americans and the british and their allies cannot admit defeat in the second country after what happened in iraq that is why they're there they in order to prop up a government that they have no real confidence in they are in order to save...
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petraeus claimed last year that his raids have been a spectacular success but over thirteen hundred taliban have been captured well he failed to mention the more than ninety percent of those captured been released within days and found to be nothing more than innocent civilians or think back to when general john allen who's just taken over the war in afghanistan from the trace sect of members of congress the violence in the country is up five percent lower so far this year than last the u.n. report shredded that statement when they found the violence is in fact fifty one percent since this time last year so it's become a pattern and all too familiar story of lies peddled by minute military and administration officials that neither members of congress nor the mainstream media question and it's allowing our war in the world to keep on growing so joining me to discuss that is going greenwald salon dot com glenn thanks so much for joining us tonight now like i said this is not the first time that we've seen something like this happen but let's talk about this specific report that basically shre
petraeus claimed last year that his raids have been a spectacular success but over thirteen hundred taliban have been captured well he failed to mention the more than ninety percent of those captured been released within days and found to be nothing more than innocent civilians or think back to when general john allen who's just taken over the war in afghanistan from the trace sect of members of congress the violence in the country is up five percent lower so far this year than last the u.n....
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concerns about the future of the country going army is known for recruiting drug addicts and people with taliban connections. coming up next year in r t a second part of a special report on the dangers of the food we eat. you're not born with a biochemistry or psychology degree so every second of your existence from birth to graduation people make decisions for you what you do what you wear what you learn and most important what you eat. as you grow older your parents obsess over paying the bills keeping everyone fed is their main priority and here's the problem they come home from a long day of work and exhausted a fiction dinner what is it processed food why because it's. quick and they've been convinced it's good for you. when they need a babysitter who becomes your new best friend the television and as you watch the t.v. you see all those commercials with slogans like good for the little keyboard elves who are constantly telling you how great their products are. one day you wake up and you're twenty five what happened to all those years by now you've been thoroughly branded by the food in ch
concerns about the future of the country going army is known for recruiting drug addicts and people with taliban connections. coming up next year in r t a second part of a special report on the dangers of the food we eat. you're not born with a biochemistry or psychology degree so every second of your existence from birth to graduation people make decisions for you what you do what you wear what you learn and most important what you eat. as you grow older your parents obsess over paying the...